Apple CEO Tim Cook Loses Time's Person of the Year to Ebola Fighters

A few days ago, we announced the final eight contenders on Time’s Person of the Year shortlist, and Apple CEO Tim Cook was on that list. However, he was going up against quite a bit of competition this year including Ebola caregivers, Alibaba’s Jack Ma, Ferguson protestors among a few others. It was revealed today that Tim Cook has lost the title of Time’s 2014 Person of the Year again, but this time to healthcare workers who are helping battle Ebola in Africa. According to Nancy Gibbs, Time’s editor,

Ebola is a war, and a warning. The global health system is nowhere close to strong enough to keep us safe from infectious disease, and 'us' means everyone, not just those in faraway places where this is one threat among many that claim lives every day. The rest of the world can sleep at night because a group of men and women are willing to stand and fight.

Cook came in second place back in 2012 when he was nominated as well, but that time he lost to President Barack Obama. Some other competitors on this year’s shortlist included pop singer Taylor Swift, Russian President Vladmir Putin, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, and acting President of Iraqi Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani. When Cook was one of the last eight contenders, Gibbs noted:

Everyone wondered whether he could live up to Steve Jobs's legacy at Apple of reinventing whole categories regularly. With the Apple Watch, we think he stands a good chance of doing that.

No offense to Tim but what has he done to be person of the year? I don't get these awards of mediocrity. Do something worthy of an award. Ebola has been around for a long time. Many have fought it..guess this year is their year.

No offense to Tim but what has he done to be person of the year? I don't get these awards of mediocrity. Do something worthy of an award. Ebola has been around for a long time. Many have fought it..guess this year is their year.

I think it was something about standing up for gay rights in the workplace or something like that.